M2.1 earthquake 30 km SSW of Chiniak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 30 km SSW of Chiniak, Alaska on Thu, Oct 18, 2018, 8:27 AM AKDT (16:27 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 91 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-10-18 16:27:11 UTC
- Depth
- 21.4 km (13.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.370° N, 152.520° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.491 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.938 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.833 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.451 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.725 km N of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.71 km W of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.967 km S of Chiniak, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.011 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.216 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.914 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 55 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.4102 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 40 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.015 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.516 km ESE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.927 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.626 km W of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.724 km E of Akhiok, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.374 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.732 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.713 km NW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.834 km E of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.627 km SW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.525 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.514 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.628 km N of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 54 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.527 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.719 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.427 km NE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 63 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.534 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.641 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.927 km E of Chiniak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.930 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 40 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.747 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.0Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.839 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.143 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.524 km NE of Kodiak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 1.611 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.717 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.831 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3101 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.726 km N of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.47 km SSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.516 km S of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.07 km SE of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.749 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.75 km S of Kodiak, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 37 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.024 km WNW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.720 km SE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.510 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.633 km W of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 53 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.631 km ENE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
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